France’s Fillon counts cost of wife ‘fake job’ claims

France's Fillon counts cost of wife 'fake job' claims

French presidential candidate Francois Fillon said in a television interview on January 26, 2017, that allegations he paid his wife for a fake job were ‘disgusting’ (AFP Photo/Pierre CONSTANT) Paris (AFP) – French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon was counting the cost Friday of claims his wife had a fake job in a scandal overshadowing this weekend’s vote to pick a leftwing candidate.

Fillon said in a TV interview Thursday that he was "disgusted" at allegations that Welsh-born Penelope Fillon did nothing to earn half a million euros ($534,000) paid from public funds over more than a decade.

He said his wife […]

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